Join Sascha H. Funk, the current head of media studies at Thammasat University, as he explores the impact of media on our lives. Dive into thought-provoking discussions on mindful media consumption, digital trends, and effective communication strategies. Discover how to navigate the digital landscape with intention, cultivate a healthy relationship with media, and stay ahead in the ever-changing media landscape. Tune in for insights, strategies, and real-world examples on Mindful Media and Communications by FUNK !T.
FUNK !T | Mindful Media & Communication
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Join Sascha H. Funk, the current head of media studies at Thammasat University, as he explores the impact of media on our lives. Dive into thought-provoking discussions on mindful media consumption, digital trends, and effective communication strategies. Discover how to navigate the digital landscape with intention, cultivate a healthy relationship with media, and stay ahead in the ever-changing media landscape. Tune in for insights, strategies, and real-world examples on Mindful Media and Communications by FUNK !T.
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Recent Episodes
May 30, 2026
Never Gonna Give You Up Pt. 2 — re:publica Debrief: Hope, Haters & the Coalition Problem
<p>I'm back from Berlin. Three days at re:publica — Europe's biggest digital culture conference — and I have thoughts.</p><p>The good news: the room was packed. People sat on the floor and stood in the doorway to hear a talk about digital dissent in Southeast Asia. People genuinely care about the open internet, democracy, and what happens when platforms eat themselves. There was even a hater in my Q&A, which means at least someone was paying attention.</p><p>The complicated news: caring about the right things and building a coalition big enough to actually change them are two different skills. This episode is about the gap between them — and why the people who understand the game best sometimes struggle most to grow the team playing it.</p><p>Also: Cory Doctorow, enshittification, and why I'm still wearing the entrance wristband a week later.</p>
May 13, 2026
Never Gonna Give You Up
<p>This past week three things happened. The Devil Wears Prada 2 opened globally to $234M — a film about an industry that sacrifices craft for speed, made by sacrificing craft for speed. The first half and second half feel directed by different people, because the production more or less was. Ted Turner died, aged 87 — the man who invented 24-hour news in 1980, closed the gap between events and their broadcast to zero, and accidentally created the model that turned urgency into a default register rather than a signal.</p><p>And re:publica, Europe's largest digital culture conference, announced its 2026 theme: Never Gonna Give You Up. The Rickroll. Inverted. You know it's Rick Astley. That's the point.</p><p>In this episode, Sascha connects all three — using auteur theory, Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death, Walter Benjamin, and the political economy of media ownership — to ask what it looks like when media gives up on coherence, depth, and craft. And what it looks like when it refuses to.</p><p>Recorded before heading to Berlin to speak at re:publica on gamification, dissent, and the digital frontlines of Southeast Asia.</p><p>FUNK !T — media and communication theory for what's actually happening this week.</p>
May 6, 2026
How Censorship Works in 2026 (It Looks Like Accounting)
<p>We're heading into the final weeks of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - CBS' number one show for nine straight seasons. The official reason: "purely a financial decision." Two weeks earlier, Colbert had criticised a settlement between Trump and Paramount, CBS's parent company, which is currently seeking White House approval for a $110 billion merger. David Letterman called CBS "lying weasels."</p><p>Also this week, Reporters Without Borders released the 2026 World Press Freedom Index: the lowest score in 25 years. In 2002, 20% of the global population lived in countries with good press freedom. Today it's less than 1%.</p><p>These are not two separate stories. In this episode, Sascha unpacks how press freedom actually erodes in democracies - not through arrests or bans, but through ownership structures, regulatory dependencies, and "financial decisions." Chomsky's Propaganda Model. Agenda-setting theory. The political economy of who controls what gets said.</p><p>FUNK !T - media and communication theory for what's actually happening this week.</p><p><br></p>
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